IWMP-1 - Commissionerate of Rural Development Gujarat State

CHAPTER -7
QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES
6. Quality and Sustainability Issues
7.1 Plans for Monitoring and Evaluation
A Web-based GIS System is being developed for monitoring and evaluating the project in its planning & implementation phases. The
system would be available on a public domain and can be accessed by all the stakeholders of the project. The system shows the entire state of
Gujarat and all of those areas selected over the next 18 years. Filtering allows the user to zoom onto one particular project. Details related to soil
type, Land-use classification, inhabitation etc., can be obtained village-wise. Furthermore, survey-number wise details related to ownership,
irrigation source, yield etc., can also be accessed by the users of the system. This system is being used for pooling up the details obtained from
the DPR. In other words, the DPR is made available online in the form of a database which will help the stakeholders know areas of importance
viz., already treated areas/historical works in the area, proposed areas for treatment etc., for further treatment and planning. The system would
also show the satellite imageries of various years from the project inception stage to the project closing stages. This allows the user to evaluate
the effectiveness of the treatment and thereby plan corrective measures for the project area. The system would serve as an aiding tool to the
planners and evaluators for judging the efficacy of the project.
Yet another component of the Web-based GIS system is the Mobile based Monitoring & Evaluation System, which will help the ground
staff alias WDTs (Watershed Development Team) to transmit information from the ground level to the central server. Also, any higher-up
official in charge of the project can obtain information regarding the project area on their mobile phone by means of an SMS. The system works
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